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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 33 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the common man, what are the consequences of having too many rules and regulations in religion according to Usbek?
(a) He follows them like a machine.
(b) He doesn't know what pleases God.
(c) He makes his own rules.
(d) He doesn't care about the rules.

2. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Rudeness.

3. What does the Mullah tell Usbek he has little of?
(a) Land.
(b) Wives.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Food.

4. Which of Usbek's wives writes the 3rd letter back to him?
(a) Jamilla.
(b) Jasmin.
(c) Zachi.
(d) Ibbi.

5. How did the society in letters 10 to 14 fare after it stabilized?
(a) They moved to another land.
(b) They multiplied into a whole country of virtuous people.
(c) They became extinct.
(d) They multiplied into a country of vicious people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?

2. What argument does Usbek use as an example in letter 34?

3. What does Rica do to blend in in Paris?

4. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?

5. What are Usbek's feelings about his decision to leave?

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